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1	The memory palace of Matteo Ricci more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence Matteo Ricci was a Jesuit priest who went to China in 1577 and who wrote a book on memory in Chinese for the Ming court. Historian Jonathan Spence uses Ricci's memory book, and four images, to convey the history of European-Ming dynasty relations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.97! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Death of Woman Wang more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence These accounts of everyday peasant life in China's Shantung province are told against the background of history--the fall of the Ming dynasty and the arrival of invaders--and are drawn from a variety of historical and literary sources. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.29! \| first editions \| SVS
3	God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence A powerful account of the largest uprising in human history--the Taiping rebellion (1845-64)--in which 20 million Chinese were left dead, God's Chinese Son tells "a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time; a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity" (Washington Post Book World). Photos. Author lectures & tour. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Treason by the Book more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence In this narrative history of 18th-century China, a prominent scholar recreates the imperial world as he relates a plot to kill the emperor. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.58! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mao Zedong: A Penguin Life more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence This brief biography of, and essay on, Chairman Mao Zedong, focuses mostly on the man rather than on history and politics. Jonathan D. Spence is a distinguished historian, known for THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA. see all copies from $3.51! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution 1895-1980 more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence This modern history of China is told through the eyes of a few Chinese intellectuals. A scholar, a doctor, and a writer/political activist are the three major figures whose "lives will serve to introduce the reader to the extraordinary sequence of events that are often loosely dumped together as constituting the 'Chinese revolution.'" (from the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.24! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'Ang-Hsi more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence, Kangxi see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.88! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence In the work of 25 years, Spence has established himself as a brilliant interpreter of modern Chinese history. His books--among them the recent national bestseller The Search for Modern China--exhibit uncommon imagination, unobtrusive learning, verve, and elegance. These same qualities animate the essays gathered here. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.40! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of Chinas Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for 229 years. Zhangs early life was marked by the expansive sense of progress that permeated Ming ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Tsao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master, Second Edition more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence In this highly praised book, Jonathan D. Spence recounts the story of Ts'ao Yin, hereditary bond-servant to the Manchu emperors. Ts'ao Yin, whose great-grandfather was captured and enslaved by the Manchus and whose descendant wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, China's most famous novel, becomes the focal point of a fascinating study that shed ... see all copies from $19.50! new only from $42.00! \| SVS
11	Toward a Truer Life: Photographs of China 1980-1990 more books like this by Reagan Louie, Mr. Jonathan D Spence (Introduction by) see all copies from $5.64! signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Mao Zedong more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence This brief biography of, and essay on, Chairman Mao Zedong, focuses mostly on the man rather than on history and politics. Jonathan D. Spence is a distinguished historian, known for THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA. see all copies from $9.94! new only from $10.41! \| first editions
13 view cover	The Great Wall of China more books like this by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Chen Changfen (Photographer), Mr. Jonathan D Spence (Foreword by) Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by ... see all copies from $22.45! new only from $30.68! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Taiping Vision of Christian China Ceh more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence Encapsulating the themes of his 1996 book, God's Chinese Son, Jonathan Spence, in this Edmondson Historical Lecture, interprets the social and political milieu of mid-nineteenth-century China that gave rise to the apocalyptic Taiping Rebellion. Here Spence traces the events surrounding the life of Hong Xiuquan, the self-styled heavenly king who ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $83.64!

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